Captain Joseph3 King, (James2, William1), born in Suffield, Conn., May 10, 1689; died in Suffield March 6, 1756; married (1) in Hartford May 2, 1717, Mary (Wilson) Jesse, widow; (2) in Suffield June 2, 1740, Hannah Devotion. Captain Joseph King was a very prominent man in Suffield. His well known integrity and uprightness together with his accuracy and fidelity in the transaction of official business caused him to be greatly trusted and his time to be much occupied in public affairs. He was Captain of a military company. Dec. 19, 1721 he was elected Tithingman; Dec. 2, 1726, Moderator of the Town Meeting; March 11, 1728, Selectman and also Moderator; at the same time he was also chosen one of the "trustees to receive the towns proportion of 60,000 pound loan (of which the towns proportion was 405 pounds) and to let it out at the towns discretion." May 6, 1728, he was again Moderator; March 10, 1729, Selectman; April 16, 1729, he was elected Town Treasurer and being re-elected each succeeding year, he held that office for twelve years and until 1741. In each succeeding year thereafter he was chosen Selectman and Moderator.
